Lauren Hirst
BBC North West

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Wunmi Mosaku is one of the few Brits to receive an Oscar nomination this year.

She is nominated in the best supporting actress category for her role as Hoodoo priestess Annie in Sinners.

As a young child, Mosaku always had her sights set on a career in acting, inspired by her love of the 1980s musical Annie.

"I watched Annie every single day after school," said 39-year-old Mosaku during a recent interview on The Graham Norton Show.

"I said to my mum and sister 'I don't want to do maths and economics, I think I want to act'."

Mosaku decided to Google the cast of her favourite film in search of some much-needed insight into how to break into the acting industry.

One person stood out - Albert Finney, who grew up in Salford, not far away from where Mosaku lived in Manchester with her family.

"He went to Rada [Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]," she said. "That's the first time I ever heard of drama school, so I auditioned for Rada and got in. It changed my whole life. I will love that film forever."

• You can read more on Wunmi Mosaku in our story

Regan Morris
Reporting from Los Angeles

Warner Bros, the storied 102-year-old studio, leads the pack with 30 Oscar nominations.

Neon is in second place with 18 nominations. Netflix – which is on the verge of buying Warner Bros Discovery – is in third place with 16.

Warner Bros Studio co-chairs Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca will be credited with the success at Warner Bros. Many thought the duo would be fired a year ago. Now they’re celebrating 30 nominations for films like Sinners, One Battle After Another and Weapons – all original and eventually critically acclaimed - at a time when sequels and superheroes dominate the box office.

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

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The first Wicked film received 10 Oscar nominations and went on to win two. So it's an extraordinary fall from grace for its sequel Wicked: For Good to get zero.

This was largely expected, however. The second film is considered much weaker than the first, which is partly because of its source material.

The second act of the stage show is widely considered weaker than the first, partly because all the big hits appear before the interval.

But it was still thought that Wicked: For Good could get into some categories, such as a best original song nomination for The Girl in the Bubble, a song performed by Ariana Grande that was newly added for the film adaptation.

It's a slightly better picture for another blockbuster, Avatar: Fire and Ash, which at least managed a couple of technical nominations for visual effects and costume design.

Some of the most mainstream films can instead be found in the animated category. That's where we find the $1.7bn-grossing Zootopia 2 and viral streaming hit KPop Demon Hunters.

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

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Best director was considered one of the most wobbly categories this year, with awards pundits struggling to agree on which five would make the final cut.

Various combinations were debated, but the final five were Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Ryan Coogler (Sinners), Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme) and Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value).

One person who couldn't be squeezed in is Yorgos Lanthimos, despite his film Bugonia picking up several other big nominations including best picture and best actress for Emma Stone.

Even more surprisingly, Academy favourite Guillermo del Toro missed out for his new adaptation of Frankenstein. The Academy clearly liked it though, as it has nine other nominations.

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We've just heard from Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who is nominated in the Cinematography category for her work on Sinners.

When asked if she was expecting Sinners to receive a record-breaking number of nominations, she says "we did not, no".

"I'm very excited, I think everyone worked so hard on the film and we believed in it," she says.

She adds: "The people who made it really cared about it."

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

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F1, which stars Brad Pitt as a racing driver who comes out of retirement, is perhaps the biggest surprise in best picture.

It certainly wasn't an outsider - many awards pundits expected it to pick up several below-the-line nominations for its incredible technical achievements (we highly recommend watching the film in a cinema or with surround sound if you can).

But the fact that it had enough momentum to propel it into best picture is quite something - especially without other major nominations in best director or the acting categories.

The remaining best picture nominees are much more as expected - Hamnet, Frankenstein, Sinners, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.

Perhaps the biggest miss is It Was Just An Accident, which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

The previous film to do that, Anora, went on to win best picture, but the Academy clearly weren't able to find room for Jafar Panahi's film to follow in its footsteps. It did get into the international category, however.

Katie Razzall
Culture editor

Full disclosure: I hate horror films. But I completely adored Sinners, which has now been recognised with a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations.

It was the $100m-movie many predicted would be a disaster. Instead it became one of the highest-grossing original films in recent years.

It is to my mind the perfect blend of revenge thriller and sexy, decadent, musical journey through America's race issues, good against evil, the power of music - and redemption.

Who knew that combining vampires, KKK racists, ex-gangster twins (both played by Michael B Jordan), Mississippi delta folklore and blues history would pay off so spectacularly?

Clearly director Ryan Coogler (of Black Panther fame) did. Now he and his film are leading the pack.

Sinners has set a new Oscars record with 16 nominations out of the 24 categories, here they are:

• Actress in a supporting role
• Makeup and hairstyling
• Original score
• Original screenplay
• Actor in a supporting role
• Casting
• Costume design
• Original song
• Production design
• Film editing
• Sound
• Visual effects
• Cinematography
• Actor in a leading role
• Directing
• Best picture

One of Hamnet's executive producers Laurie Borg is giving his live reaction after the film just received eight nominations - so how's he feeling?

"Delighted," he says.

"I think when we made this little film we never thought we'd get what we've got today.

"It's rather been a marvellous five minutes."

He says he thinks Paul Mescal was fantastic in the film, and that it's a "shame" he wasn't nominated in the best supporting actor role.

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

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All the nominees who have made it into best actress were considered strong contenders - but there is one big miss.

Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) and Emma Stone (Bugonia) have all made it in.

However, Chase Infiniti, the break-out star of One Battle After Another, has missed out despite being considered a red hot contender.

It's not as if the Academy didn't like it - four of her co-stars have been nominated in their respective acting categories.

Best actress was clearly just slightly too competitive for Chase. But at 25 years old and rave reviews for her performance in One Battle, we're pretty sure we haven't heard the last of her.

Here are the films that made the cut:

• Bugonia
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

The nominees are:

• Chloe Zhao, Hamnet
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Here are the nominees for actress in a leading role:

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone, Bugonia

The nominations have now finished being announced. Stick with us as we bring you details of the last of the nominees for the top categories.

It's closely followed by One Battle After Another, with 13 nominations.

Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, Sentimental Value and Hamnet also pick up several nominations across the board.

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

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The best actor category is heavy on big names this year, and went down more or less as expected.

Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Michael B Jordan (Sinners) and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) all made it in.

Those who had a good chance but missed out include Jesse Plemons for Bugonia and Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams.

But both of those films made it into best picture - so the Academy clearly liked the films overall.

Up now it's the nominations for actor in a leading role, they are:

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B Jordan, Sinners
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

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We have our first big snub of the day - Paul Mescal misses best supporting actor despite being considered a strong contender for his role in Hamnet.

This is unlikely to affect his co-star Jessie Buckley, she is almost certain to still get into best actress.

The supporting actor nominees who did make it are Stellan Skarsgard, Sean Penn, Jacob Elordi, Benicio Del Toro.

Perhaps the more surprising one is Delroy Lindo for Sinners. He was certainly a hot contender but many thought he was in sixth or seventh place in this category.

His inclusion is a reflection of how much love there clearly is for Sinners across the Academy.

Lindo missed a best actor nomination a few years ago for Da 5 Bloods. His inclusion here is very welcome and well deserved for a terrific performance in Sinners.

On the list for actor in a supporting role are:

• Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
• Delory Lindo - Sinners
• Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value

Noor Nanji
Culture correspondent

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The best supporting actress category is one to watch.

A Brit in the mix is Wunmi Mosaku, who is in Sinners.

But otherwise, it isn't a really great year for the Brits across the board.

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter

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The first surprise is Sentimental Value getting two of its stars into best supporting actress.

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas was widely expected to get in, but Elle Fanning making it in too is an extraordinary show of strength for the film.

That's a good sign for the film ahead of the remaining categories.

The other nominees include British actress Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners, Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another.

Amy Madigan also gets in for horror film Weapons - a film which saw her get a lot of support, but is unlikely to get into many other categories.

Sadly there was no room for Marty Supreme's Odessa A'zion or Wicked: For Good star Ariana Grande, who were seen as contenders, but outside bets.